Leopard upgrade woes

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Aleecia M. McDonald" <aleecia () aleecia com>
Date: November 3, 2007 6:19:30 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Leopard upgrade woes

Perhaps I can save the mac owners on IP several hours of their lives.

Apple's upgrades have been flawless for so many years that I've grown  
to expect smooth sailing. Not this time. Some folks have trouble  
because their accounts don't appear [1] while I am having trouble  
because I cannot log in [2]. Apple's fix [3] does let me change my  
password but does not resolve the problem (perhaps due to interactions  
with FileVault, unclear.)

Tips:
	- There appears to be a patch already; I missed it by mere hours [4].  
Make sure you grab the most recent OS patches before you upgrade.
	- Anecdotal evidence points to archive and install as a more  
successful path than a straight upgrade. Sometimes running an archive  
& install after a straight upgrade will fix things, too.
	- If I had this to do over again I would reset my user accounts to  
short passwords (under 8 characters,) run the upgrade, and then set  
them to something more secure again. And yes, I should reset my  
passwords more frequently.
        - As always, MAKE A FULL BACKUP before you upgrade your OS.

While I have a lot of other work I *really* wanted to be doing right  
now at least I did not lose data. I wish I could just do a clean  
install, get my work done, and worry about migrating all data later  
but that is not an option with FileVault. Some folks even suggest  
turning off FileVault if you want to migrate data [5] but that soaks  
up a lot of time and does not (yet at least) appear to be a wide- 
spread problem.

And if possible, it might make sense to wait another week or so before  
upgrading.

        Aleecia

[1] http://www.macfixitforums.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=leopard&Number=836403&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=31&fpart=1

[2] http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1202129&tstart=0

[3] http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306840

[4] http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/10/27/apple.updates.leopard/

[5] http://maclawstudents.com/blog/product-reviews/turn-off-filevault-before-leopard-upgrade/


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